OHSU Food Rx - Fruit and Vegetable Prescriptions for Health
Currently, no clinics are running a Veggie Rx program. However, there are templates and a kit to set up a program anytime! If you work with a clinic at OHSU and are interested, please contact Eecole Copen.
The OHSU Food Rx program was developed by OHSU Food and Nutrition Services (FANS) to give clinicians an opportunity to offer patients a tangible solution to their food insecurity in the form of vouchers that can be redeemed for fruits and vegetables (fresh, frozen, dried or canned, without added sugar, salt or oil) at one of 32 participating farmers markets and grocery stores in Oregon. Currently, clinics pay for the vouchers and design their own parameters for their program. Most OHSU programs choose to offer each patient around $30 per month, usually for 2-3 months. There are many other programs around Oregon that have different models.
These types of programs have been shown to help reduce weight, reduce abnormally high blood sugar levels (Hemoglobin A1C), reduce food insecurity, and increase quality of life. We hope that more clinics will choose to enroll patients in this program.
Below is a list of redemption sites where OHSU Food Rx participants can use their $3 vouchers for eligible items. Our market is one of the sites!
Albany Farmers' Market
4th and Ellsworth
Albany
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
April - November
Boundless Farmstead
Downtown Farmers Market
Bend
Brooks Alley
Wednesday
2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
May - October
Brookings-Harbor Farmers Market
15786 Highway 101 S.
Brookings
Wednesday-Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Year-round
Cedar Mill Farmers Market
NW Cornell and NW Murray
Portland
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
May - October
Central Oregon Locavore
3rd street/Business Hwy 97
Bend
Tuesday-Friday
10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Year Round
Corvallis Farmers' Market
1st and Jackson
Corvallis
Saturday and Wednesday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
April - November
Cully Farmers Market
42nd and Alberta
Portland
Thursdays
4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
June - August
Thursdays
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
September
E.Z. Orchards Farm Market
5504 Hazel Green Rd NE corner / Cordon & Hazel Grn
Salem
Monday - Friday
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Year Round
Sunday (October Only)
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Food Front Coop
2375 N.W. Thurman Street
Portland
Monday-Sunday
7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
(these hours may change in the winter)
Year-round
Food Front Coop
6344 S.W. Capitol Highway
Portland
Monday-Sunday
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
(these hours may change in the winter)
Year-round
Forest Grove Farmers Market
Main Street between Pacific Avenue and 21st Street
Forest Grove
Wednesdays
4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
May - October
Forest Grove - Indoor Market at Elks Lodge
2810 Pacific Avenue
Forest Grove
Sunday
12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
November - December
Grandpa's Fresh Market
36483 Highway 226 S.E.
Albany
Monday-Saturday
8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
May - October
Growers Outlet
16145 N.E. Glisan
Portland
Monday-Friday
7:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Saturday
7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Year-round
Hillsboro Tuesday Marketplace
E. Main and 2nd Avenue
Hillsboro
Tuesday, 5:00 - 8:30 p.m.
June - August
Irvington Farmers Market
N.E. 16th Avenue between Broadway and Weidler
Portland
Sunday
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Dates TBD
King Neighborhood Farmers Market
N.E. 7th and Wygant Streets at MLK Elementary School
Portland
Sunday
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
May - November
La Grande Farmers Market
Max Square on the corner of 4th Street and Adams Avenue
La Grande
Tuesday
3:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Saturday
9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
May - October
Lents International Farmers Market
S.E. 91st and S.E.Foster
Portland
Sunday
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
June - November
Medford Food Co-op
945 S. Riverside Avenue
Medford
Monday-Sunday
7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Year-round
Medford Grocery Outlet
35 East Stewart Ave.
Medford, OR 97501
Monday - Sunday
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Year-round
Closed Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas
Minto Island Growers
3394 Brown Island Road S.
Salem
Wednesday-Sunday
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
May - October
Montavilla Farmers Market
S.E. Stark Street at S.E. 77th Avenue
Portland
Sundays
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
May - October as well as mid November 2019
11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (Winter Stock Up- TBD)
Moreland Farmers Market
SE Bybee & SE 14th
Portland
Wednesdays
2:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
May - October
OHSU Farmers Market
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Portland
Tuesdays
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
June - September
People's Food Coop Farmers Market
SE 21st and SE Tibbets
Portland
Wednesdays
2 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Year-round
September - Harvest Festival
2 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Peoria Road Farm Market
33269 Peoria Road
Corvallis
Monday-Sunday
8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
April - November
Saturday Market, Ontario
Corner of Oregon and S.W. 1st Avenue
Ontario
Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
June - September
Shemanski Park Farmers Market
S.W. Park between S.W. Main and S.W. Salmon
Portland
Wednesday
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
May - October
South Waterfront Farmers Market
3508 S.W. Moody Avenue
Portland
Thursday
2:00 - 7:00 p.m.
June - October
The Dalles Farmers' Market
5th and Union in City Park
The Dalles
Saturday
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
June - October
Whiteaker Community Market
2nd & Lawrence
Eugene
Sunday
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
May - September
Woodstock Farmers Market
4600 SE Woodstock Blvd.
Portland
Sundays
10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
June - October